Hatzidakis, Mavrotragano, 2016
Mavrotragano is one of Greece's most endangered indigenous grapes, and Haridimos Hatzidakis was one of its fiercest champions. On Santorini — an island better known for Assyrtiko whites — Mavrotragano grows in basket-trained vines battered by Aegean winds, producing tiny quantities of red wine with a personality unlike anything else on the island. Hatzidakis worked these volcanic ash soils with the same attention he gave his celebrated Assyrtikos: low yields, minimal intervention, a conviction that the island could speak through red grapes as eloquently as white. The result is a wine of real depth and originality — worth seeking out by anyone who wants to understand what Santorini's red-wine future might look like.
Hatzidakis, Mavrotragano, 2016
Mavrotragano is one of Greece's most endangered indigenous grapes, and Haridimos Hatzidakis was one of its fiercest champions. On Santorini — an island better known for Assyrtiko whites — Mavrotragano grows in basket-trained vines battered by Aegean winds, producing tiny quantities of red wine with a personality unlike anything else on the island. Hatzidakis worked these volcanic ash soils with the same attention he gave his celebrated Assyrtikos: low yields, minimal intervention, a conviction that the island could speak through red grapes as eloquently as white. The result is a wine of real depth and originality — worth seeking out by anyone who wants to understand what Santorini's red-wine future might look like.
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Mavrotragano is one of Greece's most endangered indigenous grapes, and Haridimos Hatzidakis was one of its fiercest champions. On Santorini — an island better known for Assyrtiko whites — Mavrotragano grows in basket-trained vines battered by Aegean winds, producing tiny quantities of red wine with a personality unlike anything else on the island. Hatzidakis worked these volcanic ash soils with the same attention he gave his celebrated Assyrtikos: low yields, minimal intervention, a conviction that the island could speak through red grapes as eloquently as white. The result is a wine of real depth and originality — worth seeking out by anyone who wants to understand what Santorini's red-wine future might look like.
